Archive for the 'Iron Man' Category

Iron Man Mark IV 12-inch Figure by Sideshow Collectibles

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Now that you’ve seen the Iron Man 2 movie, collectors will be pleased to learn that Sideshow Collectibles and Hot Toys releasing the Iron Man Mark IV 12-inch Figure from the Iron Man 2 movie later in the year. Curently under production this movie-accurate Mark IV collectible will be highly detailed and fully deployed, specially [...]

THE IRON MAN 2 THEATRICAL TRAILER IS HERE!

Monday, March 8th, 2010

The main theatrical trailer for Iron Man 2 is here at last, courtesy of Yahoo movies. Check out the embed: Opinions? I think it looks superb, and it does seem to be the case that everything that made the first film so damn good is again in evidence here, John Favreau really seems to have [...]

Iron Man 2 Trailer arrives, and it’s fantastic!

Friday, December 18th, 2009

The Iron Man 2 trailer is here at last, and we can all breathe a sigh of relief, as it looks every bit as brilliant as the first one, and whoa… War Machine and Whiplash look incredible. There’s been a ton of pressure put onto John Favreau and co to repeat the brilliance of the [...]

Iron Man 2 leaked footage: Regarding That Chunk of Brilliance

Monday, August 10th, 2009

I’m not posting the link to it as I don’t want to upset Marvel, but I’ve seen the Iron Man 2 footage that was shown at San Diego Comic Con last month at long last, and I just had to talk a bit about it. The footage, despite the shaky phone-cam nature of the version [...]

Iron Man 2 footage at SDCC?

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

As of today, principal photography on IRON MAN 2 has been completed, and it is being rumoured all over the place that director Jon Favreau has already assembled a showreel from the new Iron Man movie to be shown at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, due to commence tomorrow night! With the reception he [...]

Iron Man 2 is GO!

Monday, March 30th, 2009

According to director John Favreau’s Twitter page, rehearsals for the Iron Man sequel have commenced. The big geek (Hurray!!!) posted “Great rehearsal today with Gwyneth, RDJ and Don Cheadle”. He also states that Sam Rockwell has started rehearsals too. The hotly anticipated sequel to 2008′s superhero hit (no, not The Dark Knight, the other one!) [...]

NEWS ROUNDUP: Marvel movies release date changes, Iron Man 2 casting news, Stephen King’s IT, Doctor Who, Twilight: Eclipse

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Marvel Movie Date Changes There have been some big changes to the slate of Marvel movies to be released in the next few years, mostly in order to accommodate the new Spider-Man films. Only Iron Man 2 has kept its release date, and will be out in May 2010. Thor will now hit on June [...]

STAR OF ‘THE WRESTLER’ TO APPEAR IN IRON MAN 2?

Monday, January 12th, 2009

There’s a story circulating that Mickey Rourke, star of the critically acclaimed movie ‘The Wrestler’ as well as countless other titles, is to appear as one of the villains in John Favreau’s IRON MAN sequel. This would pit Rourke against Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man and War Machine, who is set to be played by [...]

What have been 2008′s most wanted Action Figures?

Monday, December 15th, 2008

That time of year where we take a look back at the big names is here again. It has been quite a year on the action figures and memorabilia front, with all manner of media tie in items coming onto the market from movies, comics, TV shows and games. The area that has seen by [...]

IRON MAN 2: CAST CHANGE FOR WAR MACHINE IN MARVEL SEQUEL

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

The cast for Iron Man 2, the hotly anticipated sequel to this year’s Marvel blockbuster, has had a bit of a change to that of the first film. According to various sources the character of Jim Rhodes, aka War Machine, will now be played by Don Cheadle (eh?). Apparently Terence Howard, who played the character [...]